Two Jasper, Texas police officers were fired on Monday for using excessive force against a 25-year-old black woman, Keyarika Diggles, after she was arrested for an unpaid fine of $100.
“The amount of force used was abominable,” the woman’s attorney told Yahoo News.
Security cameras at Jasper’s police headquarters captured the incident:
There’s no audio on the video, but Diggles and Grissom were apparently arguing when Officer Ryan Cunningham comes in behind Diggles and attempts to handcuff her. When she appears to raise her hand, Cunningham grabs Diggles by the hair and slams her head into a countertop. The officers wrestle Diggles to the ground before dragging her by her ankles into a jail cell.
“She got her hair pulled out, broke a tooth, braces got knocked off … it was brutal,” Bernsen said.
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